Performance of samatha self help groups in the empowerment of rural women in Ulloor panchayat
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2001
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Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture
Abstract
The study was carried out in Ulloor panchayat of Thiruvananthapuram
district of Kerala among four major Samatha production units identified.
Twelve groups were selected based on probability proportionate to size from
among the four major production units. The study aimed to' analyse the
performance of characteristics and profile characteristics of members, to
study the structure and functions of Samatha groups, perception of officials
(including people's representatives) about Samatha groups, constraints faced
by members and officials and suggestions for improvement.
The respondents consisted of 120 members selected from the 12
production units, out of the four major units identified. The second category
of respondents included officials and people's representatives associated with
the working of Samatha groups. Two control groups consisting of 15
respondents from Samatha banks and 15 respondents of rural women who
are not members of any group.
The dependent variables for the study were the dimensions of
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empowerment namely leadership propensity, self confidence, employment
generation, income generation
and
decision
making. The group
characteristics were also studied. The independent variables included the
profile characteristics of members .• .:', ,c" t!orrelation analysis was done
to find out the relationship between the dependent variables and the
independent and group characteristics.
Group characteristics score of the Samatha production units was found
out for each of the groups. Group 2 and Group 1 had the highest scores
respectively and the Group 7 had the lowest score.
Empowerment index of the Samatha production unit respondents were
found out and the respondent were classified into three group namely Low,
Medium and High. Majority of the respondents were found to have high
Empowerment Index values.
Comparison of Samatha production units and rural women without
group activities was done with percentage analysis which showed that
respondents of production units were In the high group with respect to
the dimensions of empowerment whereas the rural women without group
activities were in the low group.
To compare Samatha production units and Samatha Banks, analysis of
variance was done, which revealed that there is no significant difference
between the production units with respect to or most of the variables and all
of the dimensions of empowerment (dependent variables). The analysis
of perception of officials about Samatha groups revealed that all of
them had fairly high perception about Samatha groups. The major
constraint felt by both members and officials was difficulty in marketing of
products.
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171941